Local trains terminating at Kurla began operating by 1879, a suburban terminus was built in 1913 and the line was quadrupled in 1915.

A single line between Kurla and Chembur that had been laid for garbage clearance in 1906 was opened for suburban traffic on 4th February 1924.

[3] The Harbour line was officially opened on 12 December 1910, between Kurla and Reay Road.

[4] The country's first EMU rakes, manufactured by English Electric Company, were introduced between Bombay VT & Kurla on the Harbour line in 1925.

[6] Prior to the opening of the railway line to Navi Mumbai, these two platforms were used by shuttle trains till Mankhurd.